A arquivologia e os videogames: primeiras aproximações

Abstract

Analysis, based on literature review, of secondary sources, identifying, preliminarily, the “state of art” of researches produced by Archival Science (and the correlated areas, as librarianship and Information Science) about videogames, focused on the documentary aspects present in this objects, and their preservation. This research aims to analyze the theoretical and practical proximity between Archival Science and the videogames. Initially, it was made an historical analysis about the origins and development of the electronic games. After that, it was discussed, based on the Archival Science approach, the supposed documental characteristics of this media, the theoretical aspects of electronic games preservation, and the strategies of emulation, encapsulation, and utilization of repositories and technical museums to videogames. This research found that the Archival Science in United States and Europe, after 2005, produced works suggesting the preservation of different characteristics presents in videogames, despite of some objectives and procedures that have consolidated the proximity of Archival Science and this kind of media that are still in discussion, and that the digital preservation practices are considered an important proximity factor between videogames and the Archival Science. This study also indicates that the topic has potential to be expanded in future researches produced by the Archival Science field in Brazil.